Oct 19, 2009

dear world,

there is no such thing as a perfect love story.sometimes we think we need the passion of the Notebook, the quirkiness of *insert various Indie movie titles here*, the drama of the Holiday, the mystery of You've Got Mail etc. etc.none of this is true.first of all, anyone can have an Indie Romance because all it is usually are people being goofy in a totally human way.i can have just as much fun at ikea as Zooey D, and i can certainly be as hilarious as Juno (without getting pregnant even!)

the facts are these:you can love someone and it can be completely average.but if there's love, it will never feel average.

movies exaggerate things for a reason.it's great to be fantastical and wonderful and dramatic and passionate.and oftentimes life is every bit as glorious as the movies.and like i said, Indie Romance is sooo easy to accomplish.

but we need to make our own things.it doesn't matter how great any one else's engagement story is.it doesn't matter what jim and pam do.

what matters is that we make awesome memories with people we love.and stop comparing our lives to other people's

so when i say there's no perfect love storywhat i mean is every story of love is perfect in it's own right.

You know what we're going to do, right? We're going to live like we're telling the best story in the world.

-The Brothers Bloom

We will do things that surprise others, but in our hearts we knew we could do them. -Thomas Kelly

It may seem boring, but I think the boring stuff is the stuff I remember the most.

- Russell, Up

Love is what inspired our Heavenly Father to create our spirits; it is what led our Savior to the Garden of Gethsemane to make Himself a ransom for our sins. Love is the grand motive of the plan of salvation; it is the source of happiness, the ever-renewing spring of healing, the precious fountain of hope. - Dieter F. Utchdorf